Avar

American  

[ah-vahr] / ˈɑ vɑr /

noun

1. a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.

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Avar British  

/ ˈeɪvɑː, ˈævɑː /

noun

1. a member of a people of unknown origin in E Europe from the 6th to the early 9th century _ad : crushed by Charlemagne around 800

2. a member of a people of the Caucasas

3. the language of this people, belonging to the North-East Caucasian family

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Avar

Yet now, archaeogenetics offer a totally new viewpoint on Avar communities who lived more than 1000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

From Avar funeral customs, and from written reports of their neighbours, scholars have reconstructed some of their social practices and ways of life.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

That suggests the population was tens of thousands strong, Pohl says, or that more migrants from their homeland kept joining the Avar in Europe for decades after their first conquests.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 1, 2022

They will introduce new heroes — including the inspirational Jedi Avar Kriss — and villains, such as the Nihil, “space marauders,” who threaten the peace of the galaxy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2021

One day she noticed, from the height of the wall, the handsome form of the young Avar prince Cacon, and the undutiful woman was seized with a violent passion for the fair barbarian.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld